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The Aurelian's Vade Mecum. Exeter: R. Trewman, 1785.
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MARTIN, Matthew (fl.1785-1787)
The Aurelian's Vade Mecum. Exeter: R. Trewman, 1785.
Extremely rare 18th-century botanical guide to habitats associated with English lepidoptera, with the preface expressly addressing a female readership. This book reflects a growing understanding of ecology: 'It may serve to remind the Aurelian what caterpillars may be sought for on certain Plants' (p.vii), and the author's use of Linnaean nomenclature shows a certain scientific rigour, even if he has had 'considerable trouble to reduce the vulgar and irregular terms to the linnaean language.' ESTC records only 8 copies, all in England (3 copies in the BL; 2 copies in Oxford at the Ashmolean and the OU Museum of Natural History; Cambridge; Linnean Society; and the Natural History Museum at South Kensington. BM(NH) VII Supp., 804; ETSC T22754; Freeman British Natural History Books 2486.
12mo (192 x 116mm). (Title faintly spotted, a little light soiling.) Disbound; contained in a modern box. Provenance: evidence of stamp erased on title – J.M. Chalmers-Hunt (bookplate to box).
The Aurelian's Vade Mecum. Exeter: R. Trewman, 1785.
Extremely rare 18th-century botanical guide to habitats associated with English lepidoptera, with the preface expressly addressing a female readership. This book reflects a growing understanding of ecology: 'It may serve to remind the Aurelian what caterpillars may be sought for on certain Plants' (p.vii), and the author's use of Linnaean nomenclature shows a certain scientific rigour, even if he has had 'considerable trouble to reduce the vulgar and irregular terms to the linnaean language.' ESTC records only 8 copies, all in England (3 copies in the BL; 2 copies in Oxford at the Ashmolean and the OU Museum of Natural History; Cambridge; Linnean Society; and the Natural History Museum at South Kensington. BM(NH) VII Supp., 804; ETSC T22754; Freeman British Natural History Books 2486.
12mo (192 x 116mm). (Title faintly spotted, a little light soiling.) Disbound; contained in a modern box. Provenance: evidence of stamp erased on title – J.M. Chalmers-Hunt (bookplate to box).
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